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By Garrett Reim2021-03-05T20:02:00+00:00 The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is aiming to accelerate the pace at which it adds weapons to its Golden Horde network by using a simulation software called Colosseum. The Golden Horde project is an effort to develop a system of networked, autonomous weapons. Initially, the US Air Force (USAF) planned to integrate GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bombs and Miniature Air Launched Decoys. It successfully tested four Collaborative Small Diameter Bombs on 19 February. But the AFRL now says the Collaborative Miniature Air Launched Decoy portion of the d...

US Air Force’s ‘Golden Horde’ swarming munitions program to get second chance February 4 Four Collaborative Small Diameter Bombs, or CSDBs, hang from the wing of an F-16 Fighting Falcon from the Air Force Test Center’s 96th Test Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Nov. 14, 2020. Two of the bombs were dropped during the first flight demonstration of the Air Force Golden Horde Vanguard program. WASHINGTON — Now that the U.S. Air Force’s first test of “Golden Horde” swarming bombs was deemed a partial success, the service is giving the technology a second shot later this mon...

The Air Force Is Testing Bombs That Can Talk Kyle Mizokami © U.S. Air Force courtesy photo The Air Force has tested a new technology known as Golden Horde, which allows weapons to collaborate on targeting—on the way to their targets. The Air Force has tested a new technology known as Golden Horde, which allows weapons to collaborate on targeting—on the way to their targets. In the test, two precision glide bombs identified a higher-priority target than one to which they were assigned. The new technology will make it possible for weapons to set their own targeting priori...